“I am surprised at all the people in the high-tech industry focused on "making money"... If that's all they want to do, they should have a $100 printing press in their basements and they will truly "make money." Instead, if we focus all that energy on innovation, we'll change the world for the best.” PeopleIfsWorldWantShouldEnergyFocusIndustryShould HaveInnovationPressesFocusedMaking MoneyChanging The WorldPrintingBasementsPrinting Press Author:Philippe Kahn
“I definitely want to focus on economic development, because that is what is needed in the community, as well as education.” WantWellsCommunityFocusEconomicDevelopmentNeededEconomic Development Author:Jose Peralta
“All along, you've been shaping your destiny unconsciously. But you can also work on it consciously. If you make the effort to access your core and realise that everything is your responsibility, and shift your focus inside you, then you can rewrite your destiny.” IfsEffortResponsibilityDestinyFocusAccessCoreRealisingOur DestinyYour Destiny Author:Jaggi Vasudev
“Brilliant results don't just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice.” ShowsChanceResultsFocusSacrificeBrilliantThings In LifeFinest Book:The Robin Sharma Pack Source: The Robin Sharma Pack
“If you focus too much on the fools, you will eventually become one.” IfsToo MuchFocusFool Author:Stephanie Adams
“Men often joke about this assignment (I Peter 3:7): 'Who can understand a woman?' God has answered the question loud and clear. You can. You can understand a woman. Husbands can understand wives if they will take the time and energy to focus on them as feminine persons who need their husbands' honor.” IfsMenNeedsPersonsEnergyClearFocusWifeHonorHusbandJokesLoudFemininePeterAssignmentsTime And Energy Author:Stu Weber
“Learning of all kinds goes on best, lasts best, and tends to lead itself on more when it grows out of a real focus of interest in the learner.” KindRealLastsGrowsInterestFocusGoes OnAll KindsLearners Author:Carl Rogers
“What I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but that we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas and make sure that we own them, that we're truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out at the end of the journey that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.” WantGivingShouldIdeasEndsEnoughFactsWantedFocusJourneyGiving UpAmbitionWhat You WantArguingAuthorshipGetting What You Want Author:Alain de Botton
“A new Republican Congress is taking over. Sen. Ted Cruz has been appointed tooverseeing NASA in Congress. He says he wants NASA to focus on finding aliens so he can deport them.” WantHas BeensFocusRepublicanFindingsCongressAliensNasaCruz Author:Conan O'Brien
“Analysts say Obama's new immigration plan will focus on deporting violent criminals. So, this could impact your fantasy football team.” FantasyFocusPlansTeamFootballImpactCriminalsViolentImmigrationFootball TeamAnalystsViolent CriminalsFantasy Football Author:Conan O'Brien
“Thanksgiving is a time of quiet reflection; an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful. The solid and simple things of life are brought into clear focus.” SimpleClearFocusQuietReflectionFaithfulRemindersSimple ThingsAnnualsQuiet Reflection Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“I don't think I'm stubborn. I just focus on the task at hand and do what it takes. Persistence is the single most important thing for success.” ThinkingImportantHandsFocusTasksImportant ThingsPersistenceStubbornTask At Hand Author:Terry Matthews
“But, as potentially the first African American first lady, I was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations; conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. Was I too loud, or too angry, or too emasculating? Or was I too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman?” FirstsSometimesEnoughCareersToo MuchFocusMomConversationAngryAfrican AmericanLoudRootedSpeculationFirst LadyCareer WomenMisperception Author:Michelle Obama
“My constant focus is on being better. Should I be doing multimedia video production? Or seminars on the Internet? How can I do what I'm already doing in a more forceful way?” WayShouldFocusInternetConstantProductionsVideoShould ISeminarsMultimedia Author:Oprah Winfrey
“The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.” IfsTogetherWorkPowerFocusFocusedFearlessWorking TogetherTeamworkCooperationTogethernessFormidableHigher PowerFilipinoPower Of One Author:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
“About 85 percent of what you see is just because I get on the phone and [say], 'Let's go do this'. I don't do any market research or test groups or focus [groups]. I just go, 'It's my company; would I buy it, personally?'” CompanyFocusGroupsResearchPercentTestsPhonesMarket ResearchFocus Groups Author:Todd McFarlane
“Its a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.” CareersFocusWonderfulAmbitionWonderful Things Author:Kevin Spacey
“High interest rates focus on the revenue of a parasitic class.” InterestClassFocusCapitalismRateFinanceRevenueInterest RateParasitesColumnists Author:Linda McQuaig
“Texas is a national leader in education reform and student achievement. Through our college- and career-ready standards and assessments, strong school accountability, and a focus on educator development, we have created an education system that prepares our students for success after graduation.” SchoolStrongEducationLeaderCareersFocusStudentsCollegeReadyDevelopmentAchievementStandardsReformAccountabilityTexasEducatorEducation SystemAssessmentEducation ReformStudent Achievement Author:Rick Perry
“In my adolescence, love, as I think for most of us, was a tremendous focus. I wanted to find the perfect partner. I did and married her.” ThinkingWantedPerfectFocusMarriedPartnersAdolescenceRamaPerfect Partner Author:Frederick Lenz
“I started to meditate formally at about 18. I would sit on a mountaintop in Southern California around twilight and focus on my third eye. Everything would become still and rings of light would appear, and I'd go through them. I would be beyond time and space.” StillsLightWould BeEyeSpaceFocusThirdsRingsCaliforniaSouthernTwilightTime And SpaceRamaThird EyeSouthern California Author:Frederick Lenz
“My particular focus at the moment is on the development of genetic algorithms and neural networks that work together to create computer architectural systems.” MomentsTogetherFocusParticularDevelopmentComputerWorking TogetherRamaAlgorithmsNeural Networks Author:Frederick Lenz
“When I leave the body someday, I can help people just as effectively if they focus upon me.” PeopleIfsI CanHelpingBodyFocusBuddhismSomedayRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you eneter into samadhi and seek to make that magical walk between salvikalpa and nirvikalpa samadhi, it's necessary to focus your awareness not on being or nonbeing.” WalksFocusAwarenessSamadhi Author:Frederick Lenz
“I don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be.” ThinkingKindFocusBad Things Author:Daniel Goleman
“One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.” WayFocusManageOne WayDistractionWill PowerBoost Author:Daniel Goleman
“As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It really helped. Then as a grad student at Harvard, I was awarded a pre-doctoral traveling fellowship to India, where my focus was on the ancient systems of psychology and meditation practices of Asia.” ClassPracticePsychologyFocusMeditationTroubleStudentsCollegeAnxietyIndiaAncientHandleAsiaFellowshipHarvardAdjustingFreshmanMeditation PracticeGrad Author:Daniel Goleman
“Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes.” ShouldShowsAttentionBrainStudyFocusStrongerChosenPay AttentionWorkoutRefocus Author:Daniel Goleman
“Companies in the East put a lot more emphasis on human relationships, while those from the West focus on the product, the bottom line. Westerners appear to have more of a need for achievement, while in the East there's more need for affiliation.” NeedsHumansLinesCompanyFocusProductsAchievementWestBottomEastEmphasisBottom LineHuman RelationshipsWesternersAffiliation Author:Daniel Goleman
“There are some guys out here that can really play golf, but it has not been their focus for that long.” LongPlayGuySportsFocusGolf Author:Trent Dilfer
“People will say what they want to say, and it's okay. And my life will go on, and I need to focus on my life. So, do I need to defend that I'm a decent woman? I sure hope I don't. I know I am.” PeopleKnowsWantNeedsFocusGoes OnOkayDecentDecent Woman Author:Angelina Jolie
“When I first thought about becoming Jane Austen I had to forget about the fear, or at least choose something else to focus on because it was becoming paralysing, I couldn't focus. I felt frightened, not so much by her fans' reaction to my performance but that I would be playing someone who I think is a legend, who I respect and admire so much. I didn't want to fail, so I was putting a lot of pressure on myself.” ThinkingWantFirstsWould BeFeltForgetFocusFailingFansBecomingPerformancesPressureReactionsAdmireFrightenedLegendsJaneAustenPlaying Someone Author:Anne Hathaway
“People over-focus on teachers as an excuse to avoid their own life, and that way they fail to take responsibility for themselves. They have this feeling that the teacher will just take care of them.” PeopleWayFeelingsCareResponsibilityFocusTeacherFailingBuddhismExcuseTake CareBuddhistTaking ResponsibilityEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“Because of the spin-meisters and the focus groups and the way politics is run now. It's run by polls and focus groups. So it's even more true today, I think, than it was some 40 years ago.” ThinkingWayYearsRunningTodayComedyFocusGroupsYears AgoPollsFocus Groups Author:Bob Newhart
“Self-discovery is a process of dissolution and creation. Dissolution means envelopment in eternity. Creation is bringing into focus new awareness” MeanSelfProcessFocusAwarenessCreationDiscoveryEternitySelf DiscoveryMysticismDissolution Author:Frederick Lenz
“You must have tremendous power of focus to direct your life and not allow all these variant forces, different vibrations, to enter you.” DifferentForceFocusDirectMysticismVibrationsGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Power comes from the navel center. If you meditate for an hour or so a day and you focus on that sphere, you will release a tremendous power that will enter your body. We call it the chi.” IfsBodyHoursFocusBuddhismYour BodyReleaseSpheresGaining PowerChakra MeditationNavel Author:Frederick Lenz
“When I concentrate and focus, they always go in, so I'm gonna continue to do that, and they will go in.” FocusBasketballFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, "What would make me happy?" In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn't work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs. I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsWellsMeanSelfPlayFeelingsAsksInterestAnswersEffortTalkingRolesFocusModelsGuidesSelfishnessRole ModelsYou ChooseSelf InterestMake You HappyMake Me HappyNot TalkingFeels RightLoving OthersPersonal Needs Author:Bernie Siegel
“We had more great times than bad times together, but they've moved on, I've moved on. I have a new team now and I have a new focus.” TogetherFocusTeamBasketballMovedGreat TimesBad TimesMoved OnTime TogetherLakersI've Moved On Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“You are thinking about where your brain is at any time. It's very tricky but it's why women are very well suited to rule the world in the future, because of the multi-tasking they do and their ability to be moving in 15 directions at once. It's the women who behave like men, who focus in that singular way with the blinkers on, who have problems. You get a lot more done that way maybe, but you also lose the perception of who's behind you, what's going on, the 360 degrees of it, the whole picture of life that we do have as women.” ThinkingMenWorldWayWellsDoneWholeProblemMovingLosesAbilityBehindsBrainFocusDegreesPerceptionBehaveTrickyBehind YouMoving InWhole PictureMulti TaskingBlinkers Author:Meryl Streep
“It's amazing to completely focus on something for four, five or six months, have it completely consume your life and be constantly thinking about somebody else's set of circumstances and how they would react to something. I find it fascinating. It's rewarding and on a professional and personal level.” ThinkingLevelsFiveFocusFourMonthsCircumstancesSixFascinatingSix MonthsConstantly Thinking Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“I went to law school. I found it interesting for the first three weeks. By the fourth week, I found it tedious. I got bored and grew restless. I had no other plan for a job, because from seventh grade on, I had planned on law. So I shifted my focus from classes to extracurricular activities.” FirstsSchoolJobsLawThreeFoundInterestingClassFocusPlansWeekGrewActivityBoredGradesFourthRestlessTediousLaw SchoolSeventh GradeExtracurricular Activities Author:Demetri Martin
“I'm very hip-oriented. I focus on hips in my comedy - probably more than any other hipster comic who is out there hipping today. My hips, other hips. I work with my hips a great deal. That is what I do. But not in a gay way.” WayTodayDealsComedyFocusGayComicHipsHipster Author:Demetri Martin
“One of the effects it [cocaine] had on my personality - my moods, my behaviors - was that it inhibited me a lot. It kind of took possibilities out of my world, and made the focus of things very narrow.” WorldKindMadeFocusEffectsPossibilityPersonalityBehaviorMoodCocaine Author:George Carlin
“When you make comedy, you make it for the people and you try to have as many screenings and as many tests and you do focus groups and you read the cards and you try to give the people what they want in this comedy.” PeopleWantGivingTryingComedyFocusGroupsTestsCardsScreeningFocus Groups Author:Chris Rock
“Dance improves your ability to concentrate because your brain has to work in so many ways. You're being stretched physically and mentally. You've got to focus on the steps and you have to communicate and interact with people.” PeopleWayAbilityBrainStepsFocusCommunicate Author:Andrew Stone
“Stress such as you experience in exercise is what creates builds focus, strength, and the capability for expanded expression; and the same is true for any kind of performance.” KindFocusExpressionExercisePerformancesStressCapability Author:David Allen
“It’s like, if you can’t focus on a movie for 90 minutes without looking at your phone, then don’t go to the movies! You’ve got some issues, so you should probably stay home and work on those issues, and not distract everyone with lights, and sounds, oh my gosh, the tapping on the screens, it makes me crazy!” IfsShouldHomeLightSoundIssuesFocusCrazyMinutesPhonesScreensTappingOh My Gosh Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“I just try to let myself really focus on the work that's ahead of me and what my job is and how I bring something to life.” TryingJobsFocus Author:Zachary Quinto